Michael Eisner faces a rough ride from investors as he tries to address the lacklustre performance of Disney's share price

Michael Eisner在投资者面前面临严峻挑战，他试图解决迪士尼股价表现不佳的问题

Profits have dropped every year since 1997

自1997年以来，利润逐年下降

And last year actually lost money

去年甚至出现了亏损

Theme park attendance continues its downward trend

主题公园的游客数量持续下滑

And ABC

而ABC

Disney's television company

迪士尼的电视公司

Has the lowest ratings of any of the big three American networks

在美国三大电视网中收视率最低

Last week a group of shareholders led by Herbert Denton met to discuss their concerns

上周，由Herbert Denton带领的一群股东开会讨论了他们的担忧

They want to see changes in Disney's boardroom

他们希望看到迪士尼董事会的变革

There are quite a few on board who are wonderfully

董事会中有不少人非常出色

Accomplished but not in corporate turnarounds

但在企业转型方面缺乏经验

We have

我们有

You know

你知道

A theological leader

一位神学领袖

We have an educator

一位教育家

We have an architect

还有一位建筑师

Etc

Etc

What I think is needed in these time and circumstances are industrial

我认为在此时此地需要的是工业领域的

Heavy

重量级

Heavy-duty industry grade turnaround types

重量级、工业级别的转型专家

Michael Eisner is likely to announce reduction in the size of the board but his own job is consider safe for now

迈克尔·艾斯纳可能会宣布缩减董事会规模，但他自己的职位目前被认为是安全的

There's been a lot of talk about Mr

关于艾斯纳先生

Eisner being in jeopardy

处境危险的讨论很多

I don't think that's the case

我不认为情况如此

I think his position is secure

我认为他的职位依然稳固

At least for the near term

至少短期内是这样

These are hard times for media executives

对于媒体高管来说，这是艰难的时刻

Many have recently lost their jobs

许多人最近失去了工作

And Eisner must be wondering how long he's got to work the Disney magic

而Eisner一定在思考，他还能施展迪士尼的魔法多久

Michelle Fleury

BBC News

New York

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